Staff Software Engineer, Design System

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Welcome to the dynamic world of NinjaTrader! As an industry-leading trading platform and futures broker were empowering traders to take control of their financial destiny. How do we do it We provide cutting-edge products and services that enhance the trading journey. Whether a seasoned pro or just starting out NinjaTrader equips traders with award-winning software and brokerage services to navigate the worlds leading financial markets with confidence.

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Join us as we redefine whats possible in trading advocate for our customers and continue our journey toward becoming the worlds top retail-focused trading platform in the world.

What youll do:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Design Systems Engineer. You will be the foundational engineer responsible for designing building and scaling NinjaTraders new enterprise-grade design system which will serve as a core frontend platform across multiple product teams in a regulated high-availability trading environment. This role is expected to help shape the long-term evolution of the design systems function including mentoring future contributors and team members and carries clear technical ownership and decision-making authority for the design system as a shared frontend platform across the organization.

In this role you will:

• Own the development maintenance and evolution of NinjaTraders design system including UI components patterns tokens and documentation; this includes defining system standards architectural direction and long-term technical strategy
• Act as the technical authority for how designs are translated into production UI partnering with Design while maintaining final responsibility for engineering quality performance and maintainability
• Make and defend tradeoffs between consistency flexibility velocity and performance on behalf of the broader engineering organization
• Build and maintain a component library using modern frontend technologies ensuring components are accessible performant and easy to consume across teams
• Establish and enforce best practices for consistency accessibility (WCAG) responsiveness and cross-browser compatibility
• Collaborate with other frontend engineers to support adoption of the design system guide implementation and continuously improve developer experiences
• Influence adoption through technical leadership rather than direct reporting authority
• Design scalable CSS and styling architectures (e.g. tokens theming variables) that support multiple products themes and future growth
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation examples and usage guidelines for designers and engineers
• Work closely with Product Design and Engineering leadership to align the design system roadmap with business and product needs

What youll need:

• 8 years of professional experience in frontend engineering design engineering or design systems development
• Demonstrated experience building or leading a design system from early or intermediate stages including architectural decisions adoption challenges and long-term maintenance
• Strong expertise in modern CSS and styling approaches (CSS-in-JS CSS Modules Tailwind or similar) including theming and design tokens
• Proven experience partnering deeply with designers and translating design tools (e.g. Figma) into high-fidelity production-ready components
• Strong knowledge of web accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA) and experience building inclusive accessible interfaces
• Experience supporting shared systems used by multiple teams or products balancing consistency with flexibility
• Ability to balance design fidelity performance and accessibility in production systems
• Familiarity with modern frontend tooling and workflows (Storybook Vite/Webpack Yarn/NPM testing frameworks)

Compensation:

The salary range for this role will be $160000.00 - $210000.00 addition this position will also receive an annual target bonus of 15%. Bonus pay at NinjaTrader is based on individual performance (50%) as well as company/team performance (50%).

Salary and bonus earnings are only two components of the total compensation package offered by NinjaTrader. NinjaTrader offers a 401K plan through ADP under which the company will match up to 3.5% of employee contributions. Annual paid time off allowance accrues at a rate of23 days per yearplus seven paid holidays.

Location:

This role is based in Chicago IL. *There may be remote flexibility for exceptional candidates in the following states: California Colorado Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Minnesota Missouri Montana New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington DC Wisconsin.

Hybrid:

For Chicago-based employees we follow a hybrid work schedule: In-office Tuesday through Thursday with remote work on Mondays and addition to these weekly remote days we offer:

• 20 additional flex remote days annually
• 5 Company Wide Office-Optional weeks tied to major holidays

Our Core Benefits Include:

• Generous PTO
• 7 Paid Holidays Annually 5 Conditional Holidays Annually
• 1 Service Day Annually
• 401k with 3.5% Company Match
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave
• Health Vision Dental Coverage
• Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender gender identity or expression or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.